Kai, a very old GenX π¨π¦
@kaicable.bsky.social
The civic commons has devolved due to capture by a powerful few leading to over heated rhetoric (don't push my buttons).
Trying to learn from and share informative posts.
Renovating my very old house in Hampton, NB.
Books. Music. Art.
Trying to learn from and share informative posts.
Renovating my very old house in Hampton, NB.
Books. Music. Art.
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Beautiful British Columbia | @KaiCable | Flipboard
Content about Greater #Vancouver and #BritishColumbia focusing on creativity, current social issues and livability.
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I curate two Flipboards with content about both provinces as well as focusing on creativity, current social issues and livability.
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Beautiful BC: flipboard.com/@kaicable/be...
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95.4% of mass shootings have been by men.
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
95.4% of mass shootings have been by men.
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
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I have said for yrs Ont has operated in this cloud of denial that we donβt have dirty police, politicians & govts smoothing the way for costliest infrastructure & construction, or the proliferation of criminal gangs enriching themselves.
We must find the
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
We must find the
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Organized crime does not operate in isolation. Canada should stop acting as if it does
In the wake of allegations that eight Toronto police officers colluded with organized crime, Canada must fight its instinct for secrecy and address possible corrupt ties in its institutions openly
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I have said for yrs Ont has operated in this cloud of denial that we donβt have dirty police, politicians & govts smoothing the way for costliest infrastructure & construction, or the proliferation of criminal gangs enriching themselves.
We must find the
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
We must find the
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
U.S. owned tech companies are tracking all Canadians.
TikTok
Meta
Google
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
TikTok
Meta
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it
TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app wonβt protect you β but some easy steps can keep you safe.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
U.S. owned tech companies are tracking all Canadians.
TikTok
Meta
Google
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
TikTok
Meta
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Trump finally went too far for Stephen Harper
Maybe...
...but Harper is still helping Trump and other far-right authoritarian figures globally.
AND he also helped destroy Canada's sovereignty while in office.
#cdnpoli #canada #boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/x6D0T
Maybe...
...but Harper is still helping Trump and other far-right authoritarian figures globally.
AND he also helped destroy Canada's sovereignty while in office.
#cdnpoli #canada #boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/x6D0T
Trump finally went too far for Stephen Harper
The former PM has devoted much of his post-political career to helping to empower right-wing political parties, but drew the line at threatening Canadaβs existence.
shorturl.at
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Trump finally went too far for Stephen Harper
Maybe...
...but Harper is still helping Trump and other far-right authoritarian figures globally.
AND he also helped destroy Canada's sovereignty while in office.
#cdnpoli #canada #boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/x6D0T
Maybe...
...but Harper is still helping Trump and other far-right authoritarian figures globally.
AND he also helped destroy Canada's sovereignty while in office.
#cdnpoli #canada #boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/x6D0T
Billionaire owner, Matthew Moroun, of competing Ambassador Bridge met U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick hours before Trumps Gordie Howe Bridge post.
#corruption #bribe #graft
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
#corruption #bribe #graft
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Billionaire owner of Ambassador Bridge met Trump official hours before Gordie Howe Bridge post: NYT report
The New York Times reported that a Detroit-based billionaire and owner of the Ambassador Bridge met with a White House official just hours before Donald Trump posted a threat to halt the opening of th...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Billionaire owner, Matthew Moroun, of competing Ambassador Bridge met U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick hours before Trumps Gordie Howe Bridge post.
#corruption #bribe #graft
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
#corruption #bribe #graft
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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In which Nazi πΊπΈPresident Bonespurs proves once again that no deal with him is ever really a deal.
Letβs forget about CUSMA, π¨π¦Canada. Heβll never keep a promise.
Time to hunker down and move on.
πππππ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Letβs forget about CUSMA, π¨π¦Canada. Heβll never keep a promise.
Time to hunker down and move on.
πππππ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
In which Nazi πΊπΈPresident Bonespurs proves once again that no deal with him is ever really a deal.
Letβs forget about CUSMA, π¨π¦Canada. Heβll never keep a promise.
Time to hunker down and move on.
πππππ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Letβs forget about CUSMA, π¨π¦Canada. Heβll never keep a promise.
Time to hunker down and move on.
πππππ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is whatβs really driving up food prices in Canada.
βEconomists have long argued that Canadaβs grocery monopolies need to be broken up to create more competition, leading to lower prices and improved food security.β
βEconomists have long argued that Canadaβs grocery monopolies need to be broken up to create more competition, leading to lower prices and improved food security.β
Canada needs to break up grocery monopolies and curb corporate greed
Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is what's really driving up food prices in Canada.
cultmtl.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is whatβs really driving up food prices in Canada.
βEconomists have long argued that Canadaβs grocery monopolies need to be broken up to create more competition, leading to lower prices and improved food security.β
βEconomists have long argued that Canadaβs grocery monopolies need to be broken up to create more competition, leading to lower prices and improved food security.β
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G7 βfalling behindβ China as worldβs wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 www.carbonbrief.org/g7-falling-b...
G7 βfalling behindβ China as worldβs wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 - Carbon Brief
The G7 major economies fell behind in 2025 as the amount of wind and solar power being developed reached a new high.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
G7 βfalling behindβ China as worldβs wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 www.carbonbrief.org/g7-falling-b...
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The numbers donβt lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA share.google/BP272XiuyxGz...
The numbers donβt lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA
Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode
share.google
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The numbers donβt lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA share.google/BP272XiuyxGz...
Why not invest the additional monies you spent to purchase 14 additional F-35 jets on Canadian sovereignty?
BTW: Giving Federal lands to developers will only profit them and not change the housing market an iota.
#neoliberal
BTW: Giving Federal lands to developers will only profit them and not change the housing market an iota.
#neoliberal
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Why not invest the additional monies you spent to purchase 14 additional F-35 jets on Canadian sovereignty?
BTW: Giving Federal lands to developers will only profit them and not change the housing market an iota.
#neoliberal
BTW: Giving Federal lands to developers will only profit them and not change the housing market an iota.
#neoliberal
Gun Owners of America are all about shooting children. Full stop.
February 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Gun Owners of America are all about shooting children. Full stop.
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Missed this on Friday. Bloomberg: Canada Eyes Joint Venture to Build Chinese EVs for Global Export
Melanie Joly says @MagnaInt, @LinamarCorp, @MartinreaInt could build an assembly plan in ON.
I suggested the same strategy in a Sunday essay.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
Melanie Joly says @MagnaInt, @LinamarCorp, @MartinreaInt could build an assembly plan in ON.
I suggested the same strategy in a Sunday essay.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
A Modest Proposal for Expanding the Canadian Auto Sector, Especially EVs
Is Magna International's contract manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria a model for Ottawa's auto strategy?
markhamhislop.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Missed this on Friday. Bloomberg: Canada Eyes Joint Venture to Build Chinese EVs for Global Export
Melanie Joly says @MagnaInt, @LinamarCorp, @MartinreaInt could build an assembly plan in ON.
I suggested the same strategy in a Sunday essay.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
Melanie Joly says @MagnaInt, @LinamarCorp, @MartinreaInt could build an assembly plan in ON.
I suggested the same strategy in a Sunday essay.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
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Mark Carney's liberals quietly put money down on 14 more F-35s in addition to the 16 already contracted for.
#cdnpoli #canada #elbowsdown
#conservative #ndp #green
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #canada #elbowsdown
#conservative #ndp #green
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada discreetly puts money down on 14 additional F-35s | CBC News
Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tension...
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Mark Carney's liberals quietly put money down on 14 more F-35s in addition to the 16 already contracted for.
#cdnpoli #canada #elbowsdown
#conservative #ndp #green
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #canada #elbowsdown
#conservative #ndp #green
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Forget Nuclear, Gas, Hydro. Geothermal is the Future of Electricity
It's ready to scale and Canada is a global leader thanks to companies like @eavor Technologies.
Also, advanced geothermal pairs very nicely with wind and solar.
@ember-energy.org
youtu.be/auWPh9R0H1Q
It's ready to scale and Canada is a global leader thanks to companies like @eavor Technologies.
Also, advanced geothermal pairs very nicely with wind and solar.
@ember-energy.org
youtu.be/auWPh9R0H1Q
Forget Nuclear, Gas, Hydro. Geothermal is the Future of Electricity
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Forget Nuclear, Gas, Hydro. Geothermal is the Future of Electricity
It's ready to scale and Canada is a global leader thanks to companies like @eavor Technologies.
Also, advanced geothermal pairs very nicely with wind and solar.
@ember-energy.org
youtu.be/auWPh9R0H1Q
It's ready to scale and Canada is a global leader thanks to companies like @eavor Technologies.
Also, advanced geothermal pairs very nicely with wind and solar.
@ember-energy.org
youtu.be/auWPh9R0H1Q
Not sure how this asshat MAGA white supremacist and Klan fan got on my timelineβ¦
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Not sure how this asshat MAGA white supremacist and Klan fan got on my timelineβ¦
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa
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More than half of the worldβs new electric cars are now plugging into Chinese sockets instead of lining up at gas stations. By 2024, it is estimated that Chinaβs EV sales were growing about 40% year on year, even as some Western markets stumbled.
www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...
www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...
China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela
But there is a basic question lurking behind the headlines. Who will actually need that oil in the years ahead? For years, China has been one of Venezuelaβs
www.ecoticias.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
More than half of the worldβs new electric cars are now plugging into Chinese sockets instead of lining up at gas stations. By 2024, it is estimated that Chinaβs EV sales were growing about 40% year on year, even as some Western markets stumbled.
www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...
www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...
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It's insane to expect a banker and private equity senior executive to negotiate an agreement with the US that protects the interests of the working class
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
It's insane to expect a banker and private equity senior executive to negotiate an agreement with the US that protects the interests of the working class
Better if they just admitted he was a neoliberal and they support that - which is what both major federal parties have been.
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Better if they just admitted he was a neoliberal and they support that - which is what both major federal parties have been.
I didn't know that. Cool info, thanks.
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I didn't know that. Cool info, thanks.
Side note: Lululemon's asshat founder Chip Wilson used to promote Ayn Rand to his staff...
... as well as selling Atlas Shrugged in their retail stores with additional promotions asking βWho Is John Galt?β on shopping bags and elsewhere.
... as well as selling Atlas Shrugged in their retail stores with additional promotions asking βWho Is John Galt?β on shopping bags and elsewhere.
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Side note: Lululemon's asshat founder Chip Wilson used to promote Ayn Rand to his staff...
... as well as selling Atlas Shrugged in their retail stores with additional promotions asking βWho Is John Galt?β on shopping bags and elsewhere.
... as well as selling Atlas Shrugged in their retail stores with additional promotions asking βWho Is John Galt?β on shopping bags and elsewhere.
While I was sick over the holidays I watched 7 seasons, and became hooked on, the series Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
I like the formula shifter behind the steering wheel and can see drivers accidentally hitting that when turning in a high stress situation. ;)
supercarblondie.com/ferrari-luce...
I like the formula shifter behind the steering wheel and can see drivers accidentally hitting that when turning in a high stress situation. ;)
supercarblondie.com/ferrari-luce...
Ferrari officially names its first EV and reveals a thoughtfully crafted interior from Appleβs former design boss
As it launches its first EV later this year, the first look at the Ferrari Luce has been revealed, boasting cutting-edge tech from ex-Apple designer Jony Ive
supercarblondie.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
While I was sick over the holidays I watched 7 seasons, and became hooked on, the series Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
I like the formula shifter behind the steering wheel and can see drivers accidentally hitting that when turning in a high stress situation. ;)
supercarblondie.com/ferrari-luce...
I like the formula shifter behind the steering wheel and can see drivers accidentally hitting that when turning in a high stress situation. ;)
supercarblondie.com/ferrari-luce...
I swing between being a rabid anti-US nationalist to a Kissinger-like hard pragmatic that understands the need for economic stability with our southern neighbours - just depending on what news I've most recently read...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I swing between being a rabid anti-US nationalist to a Kissinger-like hard pragmatic that understands the need for economic stability with our southern neighbours - just depending on what news I've most recently read...
Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
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BC Greens won't renew accord with BC NDP, citing 'stalled or undelivered' commitments
#bcpoli #canada
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5984...
#bcpoli #canada
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5984...
BC Greens won't renew accord with NDP, citing 'stalled or undelivered' commitments
The BC Green Party has announced it will not be renewing an accord with the governing NDP when it expires next month, potentially undermining the stability of the provincial government with its one-se...
www.castanet.net
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
BC Greens won't renew accord with BC NDP, citing 'stalled or undelivered' commitments
#bcpoli #canada
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5984...
#bcpoli #canada
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5984...
Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network
The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #disinformation #maga
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #disinformation #maga
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network | The Tyee
The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.
thetyee.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network
The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #disinformation #maga
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.
#cdnpoli #canada
#boycottusa #disinformation #maga
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
It hasn't yet been confirmed.... story from 'sources'.
We will see.
We will see.
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
It hasn't yet been confirmed.... story from 'sources'.
We will see.
We will see.